Garment



F. ALBERT GARMENT Filed March 14, 1930 @uZ/L 7, dwarf Patented Dec. 16,1930 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE RUTH I ALBERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT Application filed March 14, 1930. Serial 110. 435,810.

same time are so constructed that they afford,

a better, smoother and more accurate fit than those produced by othermethods of construction.

The garment contemplated by this invention may accOrding to itsmaterial, design and finish, be either an undergarment or an outergarment; it may be an underslip, a chemise or the like, or it may be adress, gown or nightgown, the use to which the garment is put beingrelatively unimportant since this invention relates to its constructionand the mode of producing the same.

With the objects above set forth, and such other objects as may appearhereinafter in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of partsand means of assembling the same, as is set forth below and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. 1

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a parthereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the main section of fabricwhich is utilized for the production of the body or trunk portion of thegarment;

, for the attachmentof the skirt sections; and

Figure 5'is a front View of the completed garment.

Throughout the various vi ws of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

In the embodiment of my invention disclosed in the accompanying drawing,1 indicates the main section or piece of fabric from which the body ortrunk portion of the garment is adapted to be formed. This section I offabric 1 is square in outline and is preferably, although -notnecessarily, so cut that the warp and weft threads of the piece extendparallel to the edges of the section. Thus, when the piece is utilizedin forming the garment, in the manner hereinafter explained, the threadsof the section 1 are locateddiagonally or onthe bias with respect to thelongitudinal axis of the garment. This lends an elasticity to the bodyof the garment which I have found highly desirable since it tends tocause the garment to snugly conform to the wearers body and to readilyfit persons of different body contour.

In producing the garment, I take opposite pointed terminals or ends 4and 5 of the piece or section 1 and fold the same inwardly toward oneanother on the parallel lines 2 and 3, so that these ends4 and 5 meet,as shown in Figure 3, on the center line of the section and at thecenter of the piece. This inward folding action produces a pair of liketriangular back sections 8 and 9, whose lower edges 6 and 7 then divergedownwardly from the center point of the garment body to its oppositeside edges.

At 10 in Figure 2 is shown an inserted fabric section. This issubstantially square in shape and is one quarter the area of thesection 1. The insert 10 is also so cut that when it is secured to thebody of the garment and forms a portion thereof, its threads are on thebias with respect to the axis of the garment, and this sectionaccordingly co-operates with the section 1 in providing the requisiteelasticity in the trunk portion of the garment.

The fabric insert 10 is fitted in position substantially as shown inFigure 3, with its Cal upper edges 11 and 12 extending co-extensivelywith thedivergent lower edges 6 and 7 on the main fabric section 1. Theedge 7 is then stitched to the edge 11 on the piece 10 and similarly,the edge 6 is seamed to the edge 12 on said piece 10. Thereafter theupwardly projecting point 13 at the front of the garment is cut off, asfor instance along the dotted line 14. After the attachment of theconventional shoulder straps 15, the trunk portion of the garment iscompleted and is ready for the attachment of the lower skirt portion.

The skirt portion is preferably composed of two like sections 16 and 17.These two sections have their respective vertical edges 18 and 19 seamedtogether to form a continuous or tubular skirt section. The upp rdiagonal edges 20 on the skirt section 16 are then stitched to the loweredges. 21 and 22 on the main section 1 and inserted piece 10respectively. Likewise, the top edges 23 ,on the skirt section 17 aresewed to the lower edges 24 and 25 of the main section-1 and. insertedpiece 10 respectively. This completes the garment. r

I have herein mentioned that the main section or piece 1 is composed ofa single piece of fabric. While this section 1 is for the purpose ofconserving time in construction preferably composed of a single piece offabric, it does not necessarily have to be so made. The section 1 may becomposed of four s uare pieces offabric seamed together on the ines 26,27, 28 and 29. Four or more pieces of fabricso connected will serve tomake up a large polygon such as shown in Figure 1.

I have also herein stated that the iece 1 and its inserted section 10are pre erably square in outline. This may be departed from in variousways by uniting similar sections of generally polygonal shape to producethe type of garment herein described.

I have also, in defining the pointed ends or terminals 4 and 5 aspointed ends meant by this term that such ends need notnecessarily meanthe sharply pointed ends shown in the drawing but may well mean anypor-' tions which when brought together will provide divergent loweredges which will extend c'o-extensively with the top edges of aninserted piece such as is disclosed at 10;

In referring to the skirt portion composed of the elements 16 and 17, Ido not necessarily limit myself to an extended flowing skirtlike portionof the type disclosed in the drawing,

since such lower dependent part may be ex-,'

tremely short, such as is found on a chemise or such similarundergarment. The lower skirt portion may also, if desired, bebifurcated or may be shaped and formed to suit different requirements ofwear.

Having described one embodiment of my invention and the process ofmaking the garment disclosed thereby, it is obvious that the same is notto be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structurescoming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is:

1. A garment provided with a trunk portion composed of a main piece offabric having its opposite ends folded inwardly and meeting at a pointlocated substantially at the center of the piece, the lower edges ofsaid inwardly folded portions diverging outwardly from the center of thepiece towards its opposite sides, an inserted piece of fabric havingupper edges extending co-extensively with the divergent edges on themain piece and stitched thereto, and a skirted portion secured to thelower edges of the inserted piece at the .back of the garment and to thelower edges of the main piece at the front of the garment.

2. A garment having a trunk portion composed of a single. main sectionof fabric extending over and wholly forming the front of the trunkportion, said portion having tapered ends folded to the back of thewearer and meeting at a center point in the fabric section, said taperedends when so meeting providing downwardly divergent lower edges, and aseparate inserted fabric piece of a sha e similar to that of the mainpiece and of su stantially-one-quarter the area thereof having upperedges extending co-extensively with the divergent edges on the mainpiece and stitched to the same.

3. A garment consisting of a substantially square main section of fabrichaving opposite terminals folded inwardly so that said terminals meet ata center point on the section, a smaller substantially square piece offabric stitched to the lower edges of said folded'portion, and a skirtedportion attached to the lower edges ofthe smaller piece, and to thelower edges of the main piece, said lower edges of the main piece beinglocated at the front of the garment.

4. A garment having a trunk portion, the entire front of said trunkportion and a portion of the back thereof being composed of a singlefolded section of-woven bias fabric,

'the lower edg es of the back of the trunk portion terminatlng above thelower edges of the trunk front, and a single bias fabric insert stitchedto the lower edges of the trunk back on lines extending diagonally ofthe trunk.

5. A garment having a trunk portion composed of a single section of biasfabric extending over the front of the wearer and havmg 1ts oppositeside portions folded inwardly and meeting on the center line of the backof the garment, the lower edges of the two meeting back parts divergingdownwardly, and a single inserted section of bias fabric secured to saiddivergent edges and completmg ghe back of the trunk portion of thegarmen 6. A garment having a portion comsquare outline secured to saiddivergent lower edges and completing-the back of the trunk portion ofthe garment.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 12th day ofMarch, 1930.

RUTH F. ALBERT.

